Wordless Classic of Modern Urban Life
Inspired by the graphic art of Lynd Ward and other creators of wordless novels, Eric Drooker drew his visionary work Flood: A Novel in Pictures between 1985 and 1992. Winner of a 1994 National Book Award, Flood unfolds a moving narrative of contemporary urban life in black-and-white scratchboard drawings. Drooker’s stark, yet often detailed imagery produces aesthetic effects similar to those of Ward’s wood engravings. Drooker, however, works in a more expressionistic manner to convey his Everyman character’s state of alienation and vulnerability to assault by authority figures.
Inspired by the graphic art of Lynd Ward and other creators of wordless novels, Eric Drooker drew his visionary work <em>Flood: A Novel in Pictures</em> between 1985 and 1992. Winner of a 1994 National Book Award, <em>Flood</em> unfolds a moving narrative of contemporary urban life in black-and-white scratchboard drawings. Drooker’s stark, yet often detailed imagery produces aesthetic effects similar to those of Ward’s wood engravings. Drooker, however, works in a more expressionistic manner to convey his Everyman character’s state of alienation and vulnerability to assault by authority figures.